The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-04-01

behaved splendidly, however, and proved
herself one Of the stanchest vessels of her
| size afloat. No accidents happened to any
| of the sailors, despite the great risks they
were compelled to undertake at times.
| With the exception of three torn sails ana
| a little broken tackle every thing on boarl
| the boat was in as good shape when the
| anchor was dropped off Queenstown as
| when it was raised off Tompkinsville,
| Staten Island
| 1t is thought that much quicker passage
| might have been made had Captain Crosby
carried more sail. On several occasions,
| when the wind was light but the sky
| threatening, he was very cautious, and his
| Judgment was controlled largely by the
barometer, which was most of the time
below 30 and seldom above 3d. the nom
| inal height in the latitude traversed
| The course that was made was
| little more northerly than was thought
| safe, but fortunately no icebergs or field
ice were encountered Last Tuesday and
| Wednesday the Coronot experienced heavy
seas and was hove to several hours each
| day and made ninety miles in the forty
| eight hours. Her average run during the
| passage varied from 230 to $50 miles day
| The number of persons on board the
| Coronet was twenty-nine, including six
teen sailors and five guests. The officers
were: Captain, G. P. Crosby; navigator, T.
| B. c. Anderson; mates, w. A. Whittier
and Otto Petersen; boatsWain, Augustus
| Bergholm. 1t was the first time that Cap
tain Crosby had ever participated in a
yacht race of any sort, but he showed him.
self competent yachtsman by the man
| ner in which he carried the Coronet.
| The first Sunday was marked, as were
/ seven of the ten succeeding days, by a gale
| which came from the northeast soon after
| midnight. Although fairly moderate, it
was accompanied by strong head-sea,
which made the yacht labor heavily The
| waves frequently broke over the bows, but
| she rode it out we'll under close-reefed fore
and main sails and iib, and averaged ten
miles an hour OH the course throughout.
Thus early were the sea-going qualities of
| the Coronet tried.
The theory that storms swing around in
circle was thoroughly proved by the
| Coronet's experience on the second Sun
day, when she ran through a revolving
| gale which was nearly as terrific as that of
the 18th The wind first issued from the
southeast about three a. m. and blew sew
enty miles an hour until seven, when
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| stirring, Half an hour later there was a
| light breeze from the northwest, and at
nine O'Clock there came hurricane from
| that direction. The cross-waves buffeted
the yacht like a ship in mill-race, and
only the most skillful manipulation of the
wheel prevented the huge waves from
landing on the deck and crushing it in. She
carried only the foretrysail and jbstaysail
reefed, and made considerable progress
through it. The position at noon was lati-
tude 1926 and longitude 80 :04 3d. the dis
tance traversed 1894 miles. The distance
covered from Sunday noon to Monday noon
was 202 miles, to Tuesday noon 1S6 miles,
and to Wednesday noon 100 miles.
| At noon Thursday she had sailed 21SG
miles in twenty-four hours, Friday, 225 5
miles, Saturday, 29l.5 miles. Mzzan Head
| on the southwest coast of Ireland, was
| sighted at 6:27 in the morning and at 40
| Fastnet light bore north-northwest, nine
miles away. At S:57 Galley Head was
abeam and then the Cork pilot boat Column
| bia hove in sight. At l0:0S, when the
| yacht was abreast of Seven Heads, Pilot
| Robert Welsh came on board with the news
| that the Coronet was first to arrive. At
| 1870 the Coronet's anchor was dropped of
the Cork Yacht Club house.
Captain Anderson says the weather was
the worst he ever experienced in all his
ia Atlantic passages.
| Mr.. Bush, owner of the Coronet, says he
will challenge the Daunt less to race back
| to this port.
1t was reported on the street last night
| that telegram had been received stating
| that the Dauntless had been sighted off
| Kinsale Head, short distance west Of
Cork, but no confirmation of the report can
| be obtained.